IPO Humor

Posted by: ErikL on 30 April 2004

Google is raising capital by going public. How much?

$2,718,281,828

Big Grin
Posted on: 30 April 2004 by Dan M
It's like Amazon all over again -- sure they're an industry leader, but they can't print money.

Dan
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by Steve Hall
Oh I dunno, couldnt live without Google now.
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by Rico
yes, buy would you pay to use it? And OTOH, would you pay to buy it? [of course this argument completely precludes all revenues generated from advertising and click adds by google]. Cool

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by John K R
Perhaps it should be auctioned on E-Bay?
See what its realy worth,
John.
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by ErikL
Take a look at the number again- $2.718281828 billion. Roll Eyes

I'll take my coat...

John KR- They are auctioning IPO shares to individual investors, but I'm not sure how. I don't remember if that's after the investment banks get their allocations, or if they're part of the proces.
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Top Cat
Google can't be doing all that badly - my modest site receives almost a thousand dollars a month via their AdSense programme, and I assume that they're making a profit on the amount we get, so if that's true of my site multiplied by the many 100,000s of AdSense-enabled sites, that's big bucks indeed. Plus all the search-related revenue (pay for position, AdWords, etc.).

John
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Dan M
Ludders,

Naturally you logged the humor in that number. I, on the other hand had to google it. Duh.

Dan
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by ErikL
Dan,

I'm glad my geek humor relapse didn't go totally unappreciated. I feel better.